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KJV BIBLE
Imabeliever:
Is it wrong that, after I've had my life changed by God through Ray, that I cant even open my king James bible and take it serious! I try to read and I get to a section that talks about the devil and the angels he has that fell with him and how they are at war with God and other such stupid nonsense! I need a better bible, SERIOUSLY! ??? Or is there still good I can get out of it? :-\
aqrinc:
Certainly you can get much good from the KJV bible. Ray commented in i believe the LOF series that with 2 or 3 words
properly translated the KJ is actually one of the better Translations. (everlasting = aions), (hell = hades or the imperceptible). I read mine daily, have used the same one for 20+ years now.
Geo.
Martinez:
I read a KJV and I'm as picky as anyone!
I use mine as an everyday reading bible, I have a Rotherham's emphasised but it is just to hard to try and read everyday, so I got a KJV.
The Rotherham's I find, is like trying to read a translation of a book and the KJV is just like reading the book.
Hope that makes sense.
It also seems to be easier to memorise the KJV as well.
The KJV isn't so bad if you know where the mistakes are, which is where I find e-sword comes in handy.
Richard D:
Imabelever.
I remember reading where Ray talked about it being impossible trying to translate from one mans language to another man language and saying its not going to be a perfect translation. It’s like Geo also said where Ray talked about if you change a few words also like everlasting really means anions which means age and hell means Hades.
The wonderful thing is when we read the Bible we know the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts do not have the word hell in them or eternity and we know that Satan was created to do exactly what he’s doing and was not a fallen angel.
We know the lake of fire is our God for He is a consuming fire. We also know the Bible is one big parable and that it’s highly symbolic.
So we have an advantage when we read the Bible compared to other people when they read the Bible.
So I would say the K.J.V. is safe to read because of our knowledge of these things.
I hope this helps you with you’re insecurities in conjunction with reading the K.J.V. :)
In His Love. You’re friend and brother in our Lord. Richard.
Rene:
Hi Imabeliever,
As others have stated, once you understand some of the translation errors of the KJV bible, there is nothing wrong with using this bible.
If you haven't done so, perhaps you would benefit from reading this paper on the BT homepage.
http://bible-truths.com/bible.htm
Here is a small excerpt from this paper by Ray:
WHICH BIBLE TRANSLATION IS BEST?
I am continually asked which Bible Version is the best? My answer is: There is no best. There are good and better, but how does one know just which one is the best? I use many, and I find them all helpful at times.
Many people believe that understanding the Scriptures has to do with having a "perfect translation" of the Scriptures. I try to tell them that there is no such thing as a "perfect" translation. And even if you read Hebrew and Greek fluently, it is still no guarantee that you will understand what you are reading.
Truth be known, millions who believe that the King James, for example, is a perfect inerrant translation have not a clue as to what is involved in translating from one language to another. It may be possible to translate a few specific words almost perfectly from one language to another. But once we get into whole sentences, paragraphs, pages, and whole books (written by different people over a period of many centuries, in ancient languages), the task is almost daunting. When considering the enormity of the task, I believe most translators of most Versions have done a satisfactory job.
René
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